1808 - Jefferson Davis born
1875 - Composer Georges Bizet dies
1904 - Dr. Charles Drew born
1906 - Josephine Baker born
1917 - Leo Gorcey born
1925 - Tony Curtis born
1926 - Allen Ginsberg and Colleen Dewhurst born
1942 - Curtis Mayfield born
1950 - Suzi Quatro born
1951 - Deniece Williams born
1957 - Noel Coward returns from Jamaica for a short visit to Britain and rebuffs suggestions he has become a tax exile.
1962 - An Air France Boeing 707 crashes on take-off at Orly Airport killing 130 passengers, however two of the crew on board survived.
1972 - Soldiers disperse crowds as a Protestant march against "no-go" areas in Londonderry turns violent at Craigavon Bridge.
1982 - Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to Britain, is paralysed after being shot on a London street after leaving the Dorchester Hotel.
1991 - Three members of the IRA are ambushed and killed by soldiers in Northern Ireland acting on intelligence information.
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